Ignite Talk delivered with the Digital Literacies Collaborative (DLC) at the 2018 annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Houston, TX.

1. Motivating Digital Readers & Writers
Dr. Lauren Zucker
Northern Highlands Regional H.S.

2. Both/And

3. Walk the Walk

4. Sharing My Practice
 “Experimenting with Digital Badges in ELA” (link)
 “Sketchnotes: An Educator’s Adventure in Visual
Notetaking” (link)
 “Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning in the
Classroom” (link)

5. Six-Word Memoirs

8. goo.gl/YECK1q

12. Student Testimonial
 “My blog was visited 17 times today! And one of
my readers is from the U.K.!” –
12th grader (previously self-identified
reluctant reader and writer)

13. We Explore Many Genres
 Graphic Novels
 Digital Stories
 Infographics
 Podcasts

14. goo.gl/7to3gZ
Podcasts As Independent Reading

15. Topics Students Found Interesting:
 Experiences of adopted people of color (Code
Switch)
 Arming teachers for school safety (This
American Life)
 The history of the grandfather clock (Stuff You
Should Know)

16. Student Testimonial:
 “If I can lay in my bed, while playing a game on
my phone, and eat dinner all at the same time
as learning, then I will be much more eager to
learn.” –
11th grader (new to podcasts)

17. We Annotate Collaboratively
1. Read a web-based text
2. Write responses directly on the text
3. Read and respond to classmates comments

20. Student Testimonial:
 “I found it cool to see how everyone interpreted
different sections of the story. Also, how
someone could highlight the same quote as me
and discover an idea completely different than
mine.” –11th grader (first
time annotating fiction
collaboratively online)

21. Let’s Chat!
 Student and Teacher Blogging
 Podcasts as Independent Reading
 Collaborative Digital Annotation
 Expanding Your PLN